Calculate power consumption for your NAS or server storage configuration. Plan capacity vs power trade-offs.
HDD 3.5" 2TB
Standard desktop HDD
4W idle
8W active
HDD 3.5" 4TB
Standard desktop HDD
5W idle
9W active
HDD 3.5" 8TB
High capacity HDD
6W idle
10W active
HDD 3.5" 12TB
High capacity HDD
6.5W idle
10W active
HDD 3.5" 16TB+
Enterprise capacity HDD
7W idle
11W active
WD Red Plus (Any)
NAS-optimized, quieter
3.5W idle
6.5W active
Seagate IronWolf (Any)
NAS-optimized
4W idle
7.5W active
HDD 2.5" 1TB
Laptop HDD
0.8W idle
2W active
HDD 2.5" 2TB
Laptop HDD
1W idle
2.5W active
SATA SSD 256GB
2.5" SATA SSD
0.2W idle
2.5W active
SATA SSD 512GB
2.5" SATA SSD
0.25W idle
3W active
SATA SSD 1TB
2.5" SATA SSD
0.3W idle
3.5W active
SATA SSD 2TB
2.5" SATA SSD
0.4W idle
4W active
SATA SSD 4TB
2.5" SATA SSD
0.5W idle
5W active
NVMe SSD 256GB
M.2 NVMe
0.4W idle
4W active
NVMe SSD 512GB
M.2 NVMe
0.5W idle
5W active
NVMe SSD 1TB
M.2 NVMe
0.6W idle
6W active
NVMe SSD 2TB
M.2 NVMe
0.8W idle
7W active
NVMe SSD 4TB
M.2 NVMe
1W idle
8W active
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